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None is observed replacement data.","Some maintenance intervals come from TM 5-692-1, an Army manual for mission-critical (C4ISR) facilities; they may be tighter than typical commercial practice.","Written for water systems on military installations; Table 8-4 covers the meter types found there, and its monthly checks are heavier than most utilities apply to small customer meters."],"contributors":["unfinished.one editors"],"last_reviewed":"2026-10-23","canonical_url":"https://unfinished.one/c/water-meter","versioned_url":"https://unfinished.one/c/water-meter/v/0.9.0","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","citation":"unfinished.one (2026). Water meter, v0.9.0. https://unfinished.one/c/water-meter/v/0.9.0"}